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    Bikers Code

    in Watering Hole

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    A few weeks ago I had picked my son up from work and headed home. When we got to our exit off I-81 I saw a bike on the side and stopped. He was removing his rear wheel, had a flat. I told him that I had everything in my garage to fix it and balance the tire. He said no thanks, he d had every thing with him to do that. It was a very hot day so I had my son to go over to the BP gas station and get us something to drink and stayed with him till he was on the road again. I won't leave anybody on the side of the road.

    40 and counting

    in Watering Hole

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    :ice_congrats-vi6886

    Enjoy the day while you can. It's not how you celebrate but that you do. 40 years is a long time. Guess you two started out young. Still in your 40's right?:)

     

    Margaret

     

    Not quite but some times we feel like it.

    40 and counting

    in Watering Hole

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    Well the wife and I have been together 40 years today. Was going to take a ride back to where it all began but work and weather put a damper on that so I guess we will just snuggle up and have some pop corn and watch some of our favorite shows till she has to go to work.:depressed:

    I need MORE AIR!

    in Watering Hole

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    Yamaha has an OEM set of deflectors. Anyone have them to give a report?

     

    I have the OEM deflectors and like them. I got them used and the plastic is cracked a little where they bolt on. I did shave them at the top so they would match the line of the fairing a little better. They do a good job in the rain and move the heat of the motor away when it is hot.

    ride today

    in Watering Hole

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    Got out for about 200 miles. 4 new plugs & seafoam in it. runs pretty good.:)

     

    Good for you. A friend and I went to pick up his granddaughter, told his wife he would be back in 1 1/2 hour. That was at 12:15 she called at 5 :30 to see where we were, told her we were 20 minutes away and he got home at 7:30. We just love these Wv. back roads.:cool10::cool10::cool10:

    Harley Davidson - now I'm convinced

    in Watering Hole

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    1. First,nobody can argue about Willie G. being a marketing guru.

    Right or wrong,the Harley lifestyle is important to their customers. Get over it...

     

    2.If you look back in history,in the late '70's,Harley developed 12 proto-type bikes called "The Nova Project".

    Built in conjunction with Porsche,they were V4 water cooled with belt drive.

    Willie G.'s only blunder of his career, was thinking that this bike would drive a wedge between HD and it's hardcore customers..

    3.The other reason the program was scrapped, was at that time,HD was cash poor after buying the company back from AMF and spending millions building the EVO platform.

     

    Now think about this for a minute.

    The '70's and '80's were the big "Buy American" years.

     

    IMHO,if HD would have seen this project thru,it's very possible Harley would have captured 90% or better of the motorcycle market.

    They would have had a bike for everybody.:beer:

    We could all be riding Harleys...:whistling:

     

    http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSZhTIy507qdEfv9wuq2lE9Edp0nJ_W82OS03LphPfW7dmx59x8

     

    If your ever in Milwaukee,stop at the HD museum and you can see one of the 12 proto-types on display.

    It's orion silver and blue like my '87 and looks like a cross between a MK1 and a early Goldwing..Pretty cool.

     

    http://www.bikerenews.com/AntiqueBikes/CodeNameNova.htm

     

    IMHO,HD blew it big time.:doh:

    Now if I could afford it,would I buy another Harley? You bet....:happy34:

    Would I get rid of our 1st Gen...Nope....:happy34:

     

    Dan go back further and you will see that Harley sold or made a deal to Japan to build the bike there. Japan had bought the rights and machinery to make the bike ,but not under the Harley name plate. This was in the early to late 30's. Harley polled the plug when Japan invaded China in 38 or 39.

    The next international rally

    in Watering Hole

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    I'm waiting for input from the Guntersville state park people. I also have two local people working on this with me now. i've been calling bike shops, and places of interest. for possible ride locations & one of the big stops is the Barber Motorcycle Museum

     

    Hope you have a lot of time to spend at Barber, last time I was there we spent all day there, but we did watch the races.:rotf:

    Removing the tape deck

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    You will have to remove the fairing and windshield. You will see the radio, it's the black box, remove it. Four 8 mm bolts and it will slide out the right side. the Tape deck is under the radio. There is two 10 mm bolts (one on each side and two Phillips head screws behind the door of the tape deck. You can unplug the controller from the radio and leave the radio in the bike, It will not be hard to re install if you decide to later. You may have to loosen the top headlight bolts to give you room th get the tape deck out. Hope this helps ,it's been a while since:080402gudl_prv: I did mine.

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